HHTDD (hexanitrohexaazatricyclododecanedione) is a powerful but moisture sensitive explosive compound. It is essentially an open analogue of the cyclic nitroamine cage compounds such as CL-20. While it is highly explosive, with a velocity of detonation even higher than that of CL-20, HHTDD readily decomposes in the presence of even trace amounts of water, making it unsuitable for any practical applications.[1]
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Preferred IUPAC name
1,3,4,5,7,8-Hexanitrooctahydrodiimidazo[4,5-b:4′,5′-e]pyrazine-2,6(1H,3H)-dione | |
Other names
Hexanitrohexaazatricyclododecanedione
DTNGU Naza/Namsorguyl/uryl HnHaza/amTcDglcDuryl | |
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C6H4N12O14 | |
Molar mass | 468.168 g·mol−1 |
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Detonation velocity | 9700 m/s |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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edit- ^ Vedachalam, Murugappa; Ramakrishnan, Vayalakkavoor T.; Boyer, Joseph H.; Dagley, Ian J.; Nelson, Keith A.; Adolph, Horst G.; Gilardi, Richard; George, Clifford; Flippen-Anderson, Judith L. (1991). "Facile synthesis and nitration of cis-syn-cis-2,6-dioxodecahydro-1H,5H-diimidazo[4,5-b:4',5'-e]pyrazine". The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 56 (10): 3413–3419. doi:10.1021/jo00010a043.